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The Revs Institute was founded by Miles Collier in 2008. Collier's grandfather was New York City advertising mogul and real estate developer Barron Collier who founded Collier County, Florida in 1923. Collier's father, C. Miles Collier, and uncle Sam Collier played an outsized role in the emergence of sports-car racing in the United States. [2]
The modern era is normally defined as the 40 years preceding the current year. [70] The modern era has been one of increasing standardization, platform sharing, and computer-aided design—to reduce costs and development time—and of increasing use of electronics for both engine management and entertainment systems. [citation needed]
Electric cars were limited to urban use by their slow speed (no more than 24–32 km/h or 15–20 mph [42]) and low range (50–65 km or 30–40 miles [42]), and gasoline cars were now able to travel farther and faster than equivalent electrics. Gasoline cars also overcame much of their negatives compared to electrics, in several areas.
Zimmer Motorcars Corporation was established in 1980 as a manufacturer of neo-classic automobiles. The idea for this automobile was initially drawn on a napkin at a private dinner between Paul Zimmer, chairman and President of Zimmer Corporation and Robert "Bob" Zimmer, Paul Zimmer's son, an employee and shareholder of the company. Paul Zimmer drew what was to become the Golden Spirit on a ...
The Dodge Brothers: The Men, the Motor Cars, and the Legacy (Wayne State UP, 2005). Hyde, Charles K. Storied Independent Automakers: Nash, Hudson, and American Motors (Wayne State UP, 2009). Langworth, Richard M. The complete history of General Motors, 1908–1986 (1986) online; Nevins, Allan. Ford: the Times, the Man, the Company (vol 1 1954 ...
The Sarasota Classic Car Museum is located at 5500 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, Florida, United States. It houses about 100 vintage cars of all types in a 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m 2) facility with constantly rotating collection. [1] The museum displays rare cars and ones owned by famous people. [2]
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Mitsuoka Le-Seyde An Excalibur Roadster, considered to be the first "neoclassic" car. A neoclassic, in automobile circles, is a relatively modern car that is made somewhat in the image of the classic cars of the 1920s and 1930s (as defined by, for example, the Classic Car Club of America) without being necessarily intended as a full replica.